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were nearly all taken away in the Commissioners'
vans the same afternoon.
The greatest care was exercised by the Inspectors
in the execution of the disagreeable
duty cast upon them during the removal of
these rabbits, but I fear some annoyance was
inevitable during hot weather.
Referring to the letter of the Billingsgate
and Leadenhall Markets Committee, dated the
27th September, complaining of the inconvenience
experienced by the removal of a
large quantity of putrid Australian rabbits
from Leadenhall Market, and suggesting that
the removal of condemned goods should take
place in bulk, and after 6 p.m. I beg to say
that such a mode of procedure is impracticable
for two reasons: 1st, because the salesmen
receive the rabbits, packed in cases containing
about 50, in the early part of the day, and
commence selling at once; and 2nd, because
they would never allow the cases to be taken
away, seeing that, as a rule, two-thirds of the
rabbits are sound and fit for human